When you back up a vehicle, it's important to pivot your body and place your left hand in the right position on the wheel.
Even though many vehicles now come with back-up cameras, here's how to back up a vehicle the old-school way.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has launched a rear crash prevention ratings program to help drivers identify models equipped with technology that stop or reduce low-speed backing crashes, the institute has announced.
Rearview cameras can reduce the blind spot zone behind a vehicle by approximately 90%. However, the technology doesn’t eliminate the need for drivers to turn around and look.
An international analysis finds that Toyota’s Intelligent Clearance Sonar system results in a 40% drop in parking lot accidents occurring while backing.
At least 60,000 are injured and 500 or more die annually in the more than 50,000 crashes that take place in parking lots and garages, according to the National Safety Council. Distracted driving is often involved, and parking lot crashes spike during the holiday season. Video courtesy of CBS News.
Parking lots are often filled with obstacles and hazards. Here's some parking and backing safety advice you can pass along to your fleet drivers.
Here are some helpful tips on parking and backing safety, provided by Salt River Project for its fleet drivers. SRP is a major public power and water utility in Arizona.
Here is a list of safety tips -- provided by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation -- aimed at preventing backing collisions.
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